Song at Midnight (1937)
February 1, 1937Release Date
Song at Midnight (1937)
February 1, 1937Release Date
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
Chao Shi
Sun Xiao-Ou
Jin Shan
Song Danping
Hu Ping
Li Xiaoxia
Wenzhu Zhou
Ao Ru
Menghe Gu
Jun Tang
Xu Man-Li
Lu Die
Weiyi Wang
Gatekeeper
Chan Wan
Fang Shu
Yun Chen
Fang Shu
Ying Xiao
Li Xian-Chen
Junpan Li
Zhong Xiaotian
Shangwen Liu
Group Boss
Baoqi Chen
Director
Wang Yingying
Zhong's Wife
Tsung Yu
Shop Clerk
Xin Liang
Shop Clerk
Sha Men
Leader
Weibang Ma-Xu
Director / Writer
T. Han
Music Arranger
Zhang Shankun
Producer
Sung Hsiao-Chiang
Makeup Artist
Lu Yuan-Liang
Sound
Xian Xinghai
Original Music Composer
Gaston Leroux
Novel
Media.
Details.
Release DateFebruary 1, 1937
Original Name夜半歌声
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 53m
Genres
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Song at Midnight (simplified Chinese: 夜半歌声; traditional Chinese: 夜半歌聲; pinyin: Yèbàn gēshēng, also known as Midnight Song, Singing at Midnight or literally "Midnight Voice") is a 1937 Chinese film directed by Ma-Xu Weibang, a director best known for his work in the horror genre. Often referred to as the first Chinese horror film, or as the first horror-musical, Song at Midnight draws influence from the 1923 film The Hunchback of Notre Dame, as well as the 1910 novel The Phantom of the Opera (Le Fantôme de l'Opéra) by Gaston Leroux and its 1925 film adaptation of the same name.
Song at Midnight was released five months prior to the eruption of the Second Sino-Japanese War in China. The film's primary subplot concerns the activities of Chinese leftist revolutionaries, and did not easily evade the film censorship of Kuomintang, along with its serious punishment to films dealing with themes of horror, gods, spirits, or "superstition and heresy" at that time. With a passion to maintain his creation, and in order to successfully circumvent the censorship laws in China at the time, director Ma-Xu Weibang visited "Yiyong jun jinxing gu" (March of the Volunteers) writer Tian Han several times while writing the script. The pair met to ensure that the script would be approved under censorship.